But now, the former One Direction star has revealed that had it not been for bandmate Niall Horan and manager Simon Cowell, they may never have commenced their fairytale love in the first place.

Liam has admitted Niall Horan and Simon Cowell played cupid with him and girlfriend Cheryl (Photo by Gisela Schober/Getty Images for Chopard)

Who knew!

According to the Daily Mail, the Strip That Down creator confessed in an interview how Niall and X Factor boss Simon were responsible for getting him and the Girls Aloud star together – by playing cupid and telling each that the other had a crush on them.

‘Niall came over to me and said you’ll never guess who’s got a crush on you – Cheryl’, revealed the smitten star.

‘I was saying something about Cheryl in Simon’s house and he said I know who the future Mrs Payne is,’ he continued.

‘Apparently he really embarrassed her one day by saying, “Do you know who really, really fancies you”, and she left the room bright red and Niall told me this whole story.

‘They played Cupid. They are your boys.’

When these two got together people couldn’t believe it (Photo: Luca Teuchmann/WireImage).

The two former bandmates – who have been on hiatus from One Direction since 2015 – were united in LA last week and it appeared that their friendship was still ‘as strong as ever’.

The former One Direction singer was devastated when the pop star phoned him to voice her concerns about their romance shortly after they started dating, but he was determined not to give up without a fight and “clung on” to her by reassuring her everything was going to be okay, it is claimed.

Speaking to The Sun, he said: ‘There’s one song [on his debut solo album] that is basically a phone call that happened between me and her when she was about to let it go,’ he told The Sun.

‘This is a long time ago. And it’s basically me trying to cling on and say, “No, no, no it’s all going to work out — don’t worry about it, give it time,”.’